Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-09

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iyears ~ Palgae Q. ussxy had hasn ~
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whess u was 10 The LAT degree unlfksly
thas the farmer vsaid evsr displnes TIE
stocknan. and The vsds range bssons
invaded ~ ths grain rafssrs. vho had
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ssftbed the area devoted 70 oaalls raisina.
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aeaudanlly wateFsa. and With every iii
elothed from h1as 70 sammi1 Wish nutrs-
ssoas baneh grass RrosinR kDea desp. d
vas the - plHs ulfra 0f stoek euan,rV.
bat tie most Gaaanina heiisxsEs IA -
fut1fe Of the ssstion had no taea az tna
won1sFfui fertility Of tia soii, o. ifa IA
sare ~ grain pFOdaeiBa eoantry. Il
was whsle u wns yes kno@n as purely q
eeank eoaDsgy, and aImosl bsfare the
nrss ptow hn1 yet been tnrnnd b ~ coll,
thes she fbun1 % G1lf4E uusa niA.
seme eeSen,ean yu1<a 80; tnas naaAin1
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cadsss town N EAslers washinesan
years an obscure li3tle namiet. Naax,v
al she easiiar asttlesn wers seaekraan
from The Walla Walia country; ma
Wills Stock raising remained The prin-
opal b1siness. there waa little on which
20 batld 9 town. Bus q change aAma.
10 Uaa discovered that the despissa
Donsa grass range YES the best wheat |
growing land n TIE Wheia e1antry. Ana /
k@mtzratioA Rocked ID, et1ck wa Grad |
ueily forced baek; section after neokian |
o. ne range vas fenoed IN; township /
AfteF townahir was taken IN ~ hone |
steaaaes. until today Whitman county. |
after having been thFes times divided. /
Stands aeoon1 IN popalasfan e Al ~ /
eoanties Of Washingtoa Tsrfisory: hrEs i
q - immenss majority il - nambar
O peopls e1an1ed n parei4 aaricnleuraii
Fnfsaitss and hfst also a ne amoans Of
gratis raiasd aud shipped.
Whlie the growth ef the county a
large he's eeen % rapid and AZ mnreaas 4
70 popalation and wealth has hean. 90
efeAA Ooifex, the county ssAt, hae kspli
TAR p4oe uith the surrounding country.
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assendant advantages o. DISTINGUISHES,
bnf has kspt IT, steady, sasshie rroSIh.
Iase % proporti1n 70 the boslneW whfoh
= bad 90 "a, WtfA hardly 3 shenahf q
the part o. 10 peopls Of ths real future
before H. Real estase epsealatinn has
never been tndnlRsd IN. Land for bust
ueas puEDosag o. fuf homes eould aware
and can pet be- ebtainsd from Eha to9n-l
s1le owners . reasonable fatea, and aflI
hlmoss aly terms iha pax1nasaf ohooeasl
20 eak. u y only within ne lssk ynar
that the peOpls 0f toe toWn have aaak.
ensd % soc faet that. q 81 pfobabfrlty. l
In q vefy fea years d will beeomo and |
remain for al time nos simply 4 thfiV.l
tag country town. hne nn interior uiiy e. 1
real commercial Importance.
RArERoAns.
A glance can be given q lie aspectaI
and prospects. Il e on the line 81 the
Dol .nbia and Palouse kaslroad, al .
branch line owned and operated b. the
o. b. q Co., and fos@ing partof its
system) and from tbs town two branches
OF that road extend, each come 30 miles
In length; Gus 10 FArminRtnn, IN the
noFtheasf corner Of she eozasy. and one
10 Moscow, IN idaho. Both vera con il.
pleted in the last year, and traverse the
bess potion OF she wheat BALI q ah8I
county. The Northern Pacific branch
from MaFssall (neaf Spokane FaIlsl 10
already built 70 within some Is miIoG Of
tbs town, aud the linz b surveyed and
viii be completed in ths spring. 81 the
town 10 already railroad center Of
small magnitude. and within another
wear vii be 10 aii-raii coDneotion With
t@o rival transsontinentsl lines, By diff
feFent routes.
Il is the hasinsss and geographical
center Of . county sumbsrine same Is,
0o0 pe0ole. lp0llinR AGO votss) and an 4
which less than one-tenth Of the availa-
Bile aQrisull ural land is nov under euI-
tivation, and IL has 10 "a o class Of
merchants and eusiness nea Who, while
controlling almost she entire trade Of
The soantg. uill not, through any lack
Of enterpriee On IeeiR part, pernit any
porsion Of that trade & slip fsom thar
grasp.
BUsrxnzs AND PoPuIArIos. +
The soun a present nnnbsrs oaly
some 5000 people, bus The haain0sa dsne
"a falls equal q that af ten timea ita
popaIstio1 a older settled ssmmuni-
ties. There Are some 20 rstAil stores Of
safions kinds. four saloons. . brewery.
tUo nswspapecs, (the C0nmOssr, Demo
cratic, and the Gassfts. kepablioanl each
equipped with JOB ono and steam
pIwer cylinder presses two national
banka and one private hAak. besides
leo loan agencies repressnsine Eastern
capital. four hotsls. Zone hRiok) one
restaurant, four livery stables. Is Law
ysrs, slx doctors and fouE de1tists.
nzEIosoUs AMP npgoarloRkE.
FouF dsnOminationa hsve shurch edi
Sees. and sash hes laeps msmhsrship.
fhey are the BapsisA Coaafeaasienal, /
Roman Oasholic and MesAodisi. Thers
q bat one pahllc school buildinQ 10
toan. bus thai IL handsoma tVo-afoFy
suiiding and is we'll equsppsd With . fall
oofps OF tnstrpctorA TIE 8aVtist -
sisty have here eseablishsd IN seademg,
WHEEL - = AM4AN 4aGN044 VI K0|aln 004
fun collaae fasuieys q b t6s nurlsns
Of . college. fun funds fos the erection
and maintenanes Of which have been
raised here and elsewhere. The 0rst
bnildina Of the new enllaas. handsome
tee story brick. u 30 be erected 90 soon
a. work can oomme1ee next aprtna, %
i've acres of Rronnd Ia m0as eighty
location. % . bin OvsrleekinR Ne sity.
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MANrTAcIuAfN4s ~
In naanafaotaFinG snssEvxisss IN Tie
lns1 year the Rrowth has hesn Fe@AskA-
Die. There are noe 10 tne tewn ooa
large roller process a pnring mill. too
mwmiiia. 500 sash end % faesoEisa.
eiaaspendenk e ahs eagmiliel one shinr
ela mill. oas fnrnifaFs factory. one ian /
ntna mill manafno1ory. oaa Neil soup /
ped brtok yard. thfss hlaeksaith ah0ps. i
one sagoa r1aksrs one guesntths tWe /
harness maheFs, a. Tesss b ron fo4 1
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